AIIMS Office Assistant Previous Year Question Paper- 2017 (English Questions)

Board Name: AIIMS Bhubaneswar

Post Name: Office Assistant (NS)

Time: 3 Hours

Total Questions: 120

Full Marks: 480

Each Question Carries: 4 Mark

Exam Year: 2017

AIIMS Office Assistant Previous Year Question Paper:-

1. Fill in the blank in the sentence below with suitable prepositions. Choose your answer from the options given:
   She plays tennis only ________ Fridays and only ________ four and six pm.

1. on, between
2. in, between
3. on, in
4. in, in
Ans: (1)



2. A part of the sentence below is highlighted Choose the option that offers the best one-word substitute for the highlighted part:
   The starlet's premeditated artificial behaviour and speech done for a specific effect [on the audience] was so obvious that it naturally failed. 

1. hysteria
2. dialogue
3. histrionics
4. routine
Ans: (3)



3. Given below is a sentence in active voice. Choose from the options given below the one that has transformed it correctly and fully into passive voice:
   The nurse brought her a glass of water

1. She was brought a glass of water by the nurse.
2. She was brought a glass of water
3. She has brought a glass of water by the nurse.
4. She is brought a glass of water by the nurse.
Ans: (1)



4. Fill in the blank in the sentence below with suitable preposition. Choose your answer from the options given:
   The P.M. is arriving _______ Sep 21, _______ two o'clock _____ the afternoon. 

1. at, at, in
2. at, on, in
3. on, at, in
4. on, in, at
Ans: (3)



5. Fill in the blank in the sentence below with a suitable adverb phrase. Choose your answer from the options given:
   Children grow up_______!

1. really quickly
2. really hardly
3. easily hardly
4. quickly unreal
Ans: (1)



6. A part of the sentence below is highlighted. Choose the option that offers the best one-word substitute for the highlighted part:
   They were bringing together people who were not happy with the money they had been given in lieu of the land acquired for the dam by the government.

1. salary
2. compensation
3. return
4. payment
Ans: (2)



7. Choose the option that has the adverb in the right position: 

1. The policeman clearly explained the route to the railway station.
2. Clearly the policeman explained the route to the railway station.
3. The policeman explained clearly the route to the railway station.
4. The policeman explained the route clearly to the railway station.
Ans: (1)



8. Fill in the blank in the sentence below with a suitable preposition. Choose your answer from the options given:
   When two Englishmen meet, they tend to talk______ fish and chips, bad weather and drinking tea. 

1. on
2. by
3. about
4. over
Ans: (3)



9. Fill in the blank in the sentence below with a suitable adverb. Choose your answer from the options given:
   Caretaker to Reporter: I haven't seen them _______ and so don't know whether they are here or in their flat. 

1. scarcely
2. frequently
3. reportedly
4. recently
Ans: (4)



10. Fill in the blank in the sentence below with a suitable verb phrase. Choose your answer from the options given:
    Kartik ________ to avoid being assigned to the bench.

1. has been working very hard
2. have been working very hard
3. has being worked very hard
4. had being been worked hard
Ans: (1)





11. Fill in the blank in the sentence below with a suitable model verb. Choose your answer from the option given:
    "______ I return this muffin? I've had enough."

1. Will
2. Shall
3. Can
4. Would
Ans: (3)



12. Fill in the blank in the sentence below with suitable prepositions. Choose your answer from the options given:
    You can buy Indrail passes ______ the ticket counter ______ any junction ______ India. 

1. at, in, in
2. in, in, in
3. at, at, in
4. at, on, in
Ans: (1)



13. A sentence is given is four parts as options. One of the parts contains an error. Choose the option that has the error:

1. was captured by NASA's Mars orbiter.
2. A beautiful image of snow-covering dunes
3. creating beautiful patterns over
4. the rust-coloured background
Ans: (2)



14. Fill in the blanks in the sentence below with suitable articles. Choose your answer form the option given:
    Having seen the burglar near _______ park, Mary was looking for him near _______ park adjacent to her house. 

1. a, a
2. the, the
3. a, the
4. the, a
Ans: (3)



15. Which one of the linking words given as options will join the two sentences given below meaningfully? Choose your answer from the options given:
    My laptop has crashed. I have to buy a new one. 

1. Since
2. Moreover
3. Unless
4. Though
Ans: (1)



16. Fill in the blank in the sentence below with a suitable verb phase. Choose your answer from the options given:
    "You ______ to the doctor yesterday itself, and not be whining now!"

1. should have gone
2. should be going
3. shall have gone
4. should has gone
Ans: (1)



17. A sentence is given in four parts as options. One of the parts contains an error. Choose the option that has the error: 

1. His mother clarified that since he had spent
2. with friends and that, therefore, he was
3. most of his time hanging around
4. not ready for the NEET exam
Ans: (2)



18. Which one of the linking words given as options will join the two sentences given below meaningfully? Choose your answer from the options given:
    Mary won't come to the weeding. You don't invite her {NOTE: You want Mary to attend the wedding.}

1. due to
2. even
3. unless
4. so
Ans: (3)



19. Fill in the blanks in the sentence below with suitable articles. Choose your answer from the options given:
    Mary is going to _____ mall to select ______ furniture that she needs for her new office.

1. the, a
2. a, the
3. a, a
4. an, the
Ans: (2)



20. Choose the option that has the adverb in the right position: 

1. “Bake it in a pre-heated oven for two hours slowly at 150 ^oC.”
2. “Bake it slowly in a pre-heated oven for two hours at 150 ^oC.”
3. “Bake slowly it in a pre-heated oven for two hours at 150 ^oC.”
4. “Bake it in a pre-heated oven for slowly two hours at 150 ^oC”.
Ans: (2)

PART-I: English (20 Q)

PART-II: Mathematics (25 Q)

PART-III: GK (25 Q)

PART-IV: Reasoning (25 Q)

PART-V: Computer (25 Q)